Leveling device for pool and billiard tables.



J W. WOOLE Y.

LEVELING DEVICE FOR POOL AND BILLIARD TABLE S.

APPLICATION FlLED JULY 20. 1915.

1,173,695. Patented Feb. 29, 1916.

JOHN W. WOOLEY, OF SPOKANE, .VASHINGTON.

LEVELING DEVICE FOR POOL AND BILLIARD TABLES.

Application filed July 20, 1915.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN V. WOOLEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Spokane, in the county of Spokane and State of Washington,have invented a new and useful Leveling Device for Pool and BilliardTables; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will. enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to the art of leveling devices. and particularlyto an improved leveling device permanently carried by but detachablvconnected to each of the legs of a pool or billiard table, so that whenerecting the table, the same may be plumbed or leveled, incident to theunevennesses of the floor or other surface.

Another object of the invention is to provide a leveling d vice, whichis obscured entirely from view, and which is true. even though theleveling device has been adjusted to level one corner or the other ofthe table.

In practical. fields the details of construction may necessitatealterations, falling within the scope of what is claimed.

The invention comprises further features and combination of parts, ashereinafter set forth, shown in the drawings and claimed.

In the drawiugs:Figure 1 is a view in perspective of one corner of apool or bil liard table, illustrating in dotted lines at the lowerportion of the leg the improved leveling device, which is practicallyembedded in the leg. Fig. is a vertical sectional view through the lowerpart of the leg.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 designates a portion ofthe table, which may be of any conventional form or configuration, and 9denotes one of the legs thereof. The leg is channeled out to form a bore3 having adjoining countersinks land The countersink i is rectangular incross section, as shown and receives a correspondingly shaped plate 6,the rectangular contour of both the plates 6 and countersink 4, actingto prevent rotation of the Specification of Letters Eatent.

Patented Feb. 29, 1916.

Serial No. 40,881.

plate 6, which is provided with threaded openings 7. The countersink 5is circular in cross section, as shown, in order to receive the diskplate 8, so that it is obscured from view, especially before the plate 8has been projected below the lower end of the leg. However, even afterthe plate has been projected below the lower end of the leg, forconsequently leveling the table it is obscure from view, owing to thediameter of the leg at its lower end being considerably larger than thediameter of the plate 8. The under face of the plate 8 is convexed asshown at 9, so that it will have a single contacting bearing on theflooring. Carried by the plate 8 is a screw threaded shank 10, which isthreaded in the opening 7 of the plate 6. When it is desired to levelthe table incident to the unevenesses in the flooring, the table isfirst jacked up, by any suitable jacking device (not shown), until thetable has been suitably leveled, subsequently to which the plate 8 withthe screw shank may be rotated by hand, or either by a spanner wrench(not shown), the wrench jaws of which. however, may enter the recesses11 of the plate 8, until the plate 8 contacts with the flooring, thenthe jacking device may be removed. Secured in the countersink 5 by meansof screws 12* is a plate 12, to more securely hold the plate 6 thecountersink 4,

The invention having been forth, what is classed as new and useful is Ic mbination, table leg having a bore formed concentrically andvertically in the lower portion of the leg and provided with a pair ofcountersinks adjoining the lower portion of the bore, a platepermanently carried by but capable of being removed from the legreceived in one of the counter sinks, a threaded member threaded throughsaid plate and passing up through the bore and provided with a diskplate at its lo ver end adapted to enter the other countersink, one ofthe countersinks and the first plate being correspondingly rectangularin contour, to prevent rotation of the first plate, the second plate andthe other countersink being circular so that one may be received name tothis specification in the presence of by the other thereby embedding thecircular tWo subscribing Witnesses.

plate in the le obscured from View, the

second plate having its under surface con- JOHN E veXecLso that it mayhave a single contact Witnesses:

With the flooring and may be easily rotated. L. L. WVES'PFALL,

In testimony whereof I have signed my HEmr N MERE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

